WASHINGTON — A retired four-star admiral who once was the Navy’s second-highest ranking officer was convicted of federal bribery and conspiracy charges in a scheme to direct lucrative ...

Retired Admiral Robert P. Burke’s conviction on federal bribery charges in May 2025 was less a shock than a grim confirmation of the cultural rot within the U.S. Navy. Burke, once the Navy’s ...

The Navy’s former No. 2 officer on Monday was found guilty of ... the two “agreed that Burke would use his position as a Navy Admiral to steer a contract” to their firm — as well as ...

A retired Navy ... admiral and two corporate executives were detained on criminal accusations related to a bribery scheme involving a US government contract. The scheme allegedly occurred between 2020 ...

“As alleged in the indictment, Admiral Burke used his public office and his four-star ... No. 2-ranking officer. He succeeded retired Adm. William Moran, who was set to take over as the Navy ...

was charged by federal prosecutors last year on allegations that he directed a lucrative Navy contract to an executive training company, Next Jump, in 2021 while serving as a four-star admiral.

Horacio “Rivets” Rivero, the Navy’s first four-star admiral of Latino descent and ... During World War II he served as a gunnery officer aboard the cruisers San Juan and Pittsburgh in ...